Early Warning Inc - Biohazard Outbreaks

Search

BIOHAZARD OUTBREAK LINKS 2008-2011 = 1,627

More outbreaks links can be found using the menu at OUTBREAKS

August 2008

Unvaccinated Dutch Reformed church members likely source of mumps outbreak in Chilliwack, British Columbia (31 August 2008)
Listeriosis kills woman in Edmonton, Alberta (31 August 2008)
Cholera kills 4 and infects hundreds in Iran (31 August 2008)
Increased rainfall blamed for doubling the Verotoxigenic E.coli illness cases to 139 across Ireland (30 August 2008)
Bluetongue virus found in German cattle sent to Tiverton, UK (30 August 2008)
45,000 people advised to boil water due to rise of bacteria and cryptosporidium in Wales (30 August 2008)
11 infected by whooping cough in a retirement home in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania (30 August 2008)
15 infected by E. coli from the drinking water in Aberdeenshire, Scotland (29 August 2008)
E. coli found in drinking water of Awatere, New Zealand (29 August 2008)
Woman dies of West Nile virus in Orange, Florida (29 August 2008)
E. coli outbreak from water and food killed 1 and sickened at least 116 in Oklahoma (29 August 2008)
Farmers killing wild pigs, deer and rabbits to keep E. coli out of fields in Fresno, California (29 August 2008)
E. coli and other bacteria found in water at a university in Amherst, Massachusetts E. coli and other bacteria found in water at a university in Amherst, Massachusetts (29 August 2008)
***** US Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak linked to 1,442 cases, 286 hospitalizations and 2 deaths. CNN estimates up to 30,000 - 40,000 unreported cases and $100 - $250 million in economic losses (28 August 2008)
1 dead and 73 infected by E. coli from a restaurant in Oklahoma (28 August 2008)
10 infected by cryptosporidium from pools in New Mexico (28 August 2008)
1 dead from West Nile virus in New York (28 August 2008)
2 infected by west Nile virus in San Diego, California (28 August 2008)
Cryptosporidium found in swimming pools in Columbus, Ohio (28 August 2008)
Almost 300 infected by the flu at a school in Tasmania, Australia (28 August 2008)
Deli meat trays, platters, sandwiches, subs and wraps found to contain listeria in Canada (28 August 2008)
Deli sub sandwiches recalled because of possible listeria contamination (28 August 2008)
1 dead from West Nile virus in California (27 August 2008)
Aeromonas hydrophilav kills fish in Lake Zurich in Illinois (27 August 2008)
50 deer on a farm killed because of possible chronic wasting disease exposure in Michigan (27 August 2008)
200 infected by mumps in Fraser Valley, British Columbia (27 August 2008)
Bacteria found in the sand at Lake Michigan beach in Michigan (26 August 2008)
Cholera outbreak hits Gambia (26 August 2008)
553 infected by hand, foot and mouth disease in Singapore (26 August 2008)
Person killed by West Nile virus in California (26 August 2008)
Mystery virus kills 160 in India (25 August 2008)
Cyanobacteria found in pond in Monroe, New York (25 August 2008)
3 new mosquito samples test positive for West Nile virus in Suffolk, New York (25 August 2008)
Sandwiches found to contain listeria in Canada (25 August 2008)
1 infected by West Nile virus in Chinook, Alberta (25 August 2008)
Beaches closed because of sewage pollution in Scotland (24 August 2008)
3 horses infected with West Nile virus in Washington (23 August 2008)
West Nile virus found in mosquito pool in Newburg, Orange, Florida (23 August 2008)
Man contracts West Nile virus in Oroville, California (23 August 2008)
Avian botulism kills 134 endangered ducks in Midway, Hawaii (23 August 2008)
Boil water advisory posted for Galway, Limerick and Monaghan, Ireland (23 August 2008)
2 mosquito pools test positive for West Nile virus in Monroe, Louisiana (23 August 2008)
Horse vet dies from Hendra virus in Australia (22 August 2008)
E. coli found in Medway water in Medway, Nova Scotia (22 August 2008)
Parvovirus kills 3 dogs in Kent, Michigan (22 August 2008)
West Nile virus found in West Richland, Washington (22 August 2008)
63 year old infected by West Nile virus in Irving, Texas (22 August 2008)
Dead blue jay found tests positive for West Nile virus London, Ontario (22 August 2008)
Boil water advisory given to 5 areas in Ireland (22 August 2008)
Boil water advisory given because of Coliform bacteria in Wareham, Massachusetts (22 August 2008)
4 beaches closed because of high bacteria levels in Dennis, Massachusetts (21 August 2008)
Horse tests positive for West Nile virus in Weber, Utah (21 August 2008)
2 infected by Vibrio parahaemolyticus after eating contaminated shellfish in Delaware, New Jersey (21 August 2008)
Enterococcus bacteria closes beach in White Rock, British Columbia (21 August 2008)
1 dead in Ontario and 16 others infected by listeria from tainted meat in Canada (21 August 2008)
78 infected by West Nile virus so far this year in California (21 August 2008)
2 new cases of West Nile virus in humans in Manitoba (21 August 2008)
Mosquito pools test positive for West Nile virus in Norfolk, Ontario (21 August 2008)
Bacteria found in creeks in Oregon (21 August 2008)
30,000 cows quarantined because of Bovine tuberculosis in Magallanes, Chile (20 August 2008)
Clostridium difficile superbug closes hospital ward in Dunfermline, Scotland (20 August 2008)
Southern Rust Corn Virus confirmed in Thayer, Clay and Hall, Nebraska (20 August 2008)
Coliform bacteria found in spring in Cimarron, Oklahoma (19 August 2008)
Gastroenteritis infects 13 at a retirement home in Castle Hill, Australia (19 August 2008)
Woman infected by West Nile virus in King, Washington (19 August 2008)
3 infected by West Nile virus in Arlington, Virginia (19 August 2008)
Person infected by West Nile virus in Alberta (19 August 2008)
Mosquitoes test positive for West Nile virus in Hermiston, Oregon (19 August 2008)
Norovirus infecting staff at Dunedin Hospital in Dunedin, New Zealand (18 August 2008)
Listeria bacteria found in roast and corned beef products (18 August 2008)
2 infected by West Nile virus in Bronx, New York (18 August 2008)
6 infected and 1 dead from Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in a retirement home in Elmira, New York (18 August 2008)
Webster Lake closed because of Cyanobacteria in Franklin, Pennsylvania (18 August 2008)
Certain Smith snack brand products may contain listeria in Canada (18 August 2008)
Dengue fever hits Trinidad (17 August 2008)
Man dies of West Nile virus in Denver, Colorado (17 August 2008)
Horse dies of West Nile virus in Yakima, Washington (17 August 2008)
Samples from a mosquito pool test positive for West Nile virus in Lewisville, Texas (17 August 2008)
Bacteria that cause legionnaires disease found in hot water system in nursing home which has infected 6 and killed 1 in Vermont (17 August 2008)
Newborn babies infected with flesh eating bacteria (17 August 2008)
Dead blue jay found tested positive for West Nile virus in Oakville, Ontario (17 August 2008)
Plaza workers exposed to Legionella bacteria in Mohave, Arizona (17 August 2008)
Roast and corned beef possible contaminated with listeria bacteria in Canada (17 August 2008)
Woman infected with West Nile virus in Grand Fork, North Dakota (17 August 2008)
Town put on boil water advisory because of E. coli in water in Dudley, UK (16 August 2008)
Elk tests positive for chronic wasting disease in Saskatchewan and Alberta (16 August 2008)
Equine piroplasmosis (EP) found in a horse in Manatee, Florida (16 August 2008)
Mad cow disease detected in Alberta (16 August 2008)
Bacteria found in drinking water of Hadley, Massachusetts (15 August 2008)
Man bitten by skunk which had rabies in Windham, New York (15 August 2008)
2 infected by West Nile virus in New York, New York (15 August 2008)
West Nile virus found in mosquitoes in Hamilton, Ontario (15 August 2008)
9 year old infected with West Nile virus in Suffolk, New York (15 August 2008)
Cryptosporidium closes 2 pools after a child was infected in Lewisville, Texas (15 August 2008)
Mosquito pool tests positive for West Nile virus in Boston, Massachusetts (15 August 2008)
50 cats under quarantine because of possible cryptosporidium infection in Nassau, Florida (14 August 2008)
Confirmed case of cryptosporidium linked to a splash aquatic facility in Bedford, UK (14 August 2008)
Fecal Coliform puts boil water advisory on Athens, Greece (14 August 2008)
E. coli closes Porter Beach in Porter, Indiana (14 August 2008)
3 puppies die of parvo virus in Nova Scotia (14 August 2008)
30 snakes die from bacteria in a snake farm (14 August 2008)
Horse dies of mosquito-borne Eastern Equine Encephalomyelitis (Triple E) in Wisconsin (14 August 2008)
Cryptosporidium closes a pool in Buckeye, Arizona (13 August 2008)
Woman loses eye and part of face to flesh eating bacteria in Norfolk, England (13 August 2008)
Several dogs test positive for canine brucellosis in Michigan (13 August 2008)
Mosquitoes test positive for West Nile virus in Bedford, Massachusetts (13 August 2008)
Smoked salmon recalled due to possible listeria contamination in US (13 August 2008)
Smoked keta salmon recalled because of possible listeria contamination (13 August 2008)
Section of Long Beach closed because of a sewage spill in Los Angeles, California (12 August 2008)
Bacteria close pool in Orange, Florida (12 August 2008)
Cyanobacteria found in Forest Lake in Winchester, Virginia (12 August 2008)
E. coli closes Keewahdin Road Beach in Michigan (12 August 2008)
Crow tests positive for West Nile virus in Belchertown, Massachusetts (12 August 2008)
1 dead and 90 infected in cholera outbreak in Benin (12 August 2008)
Bird flu found in ducks in Vietnam (12 August 2008)
Cryptosporidium found in water of Gwynedd, Wales (12 August 2008)
Woman infected with West Nile virus in Aurora, Illinois (12 August 2008)
Gastroenteritis hits hospital in Mona Vale, Australia (12 August 2008)
Superbug hits hospital baby unit in Blackburn, UK (12 August 2008)
Salmon dish may contain listeria bacteria in Canada (12 August 2008)
E. coli infects 2 children in Scotland (11 August 2008)
780 pounds of ground beef recalled because of E. coli contamination (11 August 2008)
E. coli found in water of Pembroke, Massachusetts (11 August 2008)
Mosquito samples test positive for West Nile virus in Franklin, Pennsylvania (11 August 2008)
Tuna salad recalled because of possible listeria contamination in US (11 August 2008)
Angler infected by Mycobacterium marinum (M. marinum) after pricking her finger on a fishing hook (10 August 2008)
Ground beef sold in U.S. and Canada recalled because of possible E. coli contamination (10 August 2008)
E. coli causes boil water advisory in Pembroke, Massachusetts (10 August 2008)
Crows test positive for West Nile virus in Ottawa, Ontario (10 August 2008)
C. difficile outbreak kills in Nanaimo Hospital in Nanaimo, British Columbia (09 August 2008)
West Nile virus found in a bird and a mosquito in Dulac, Louisiana (09 August 2008)
Salmonella outbreak that infected 90 people in Ireland may be linked to sandwiches sold by Subway (09 August 2008)
Type E. botulism bird disease hits West Michigan (09 August 2008)
Vampire bats with rabies suspected of killing 38 in Venezuela (09 August 2008)
Beaches closed because of high bacteria levels after storms in Milford, Connecticut (08 August 2008)
Man infected with West Nile virus in Dodge, Wisconsin (08 August 2008)
18 die of cholera in the Philippines (08 August 2008)
22 infected by rare strain of salmonella in Scotland (07 August 2008)
20 infected after eating E. coli tainted food in Guelph, Ontario (06 August 2008)
Sandwiches recently sold in Massachusetts contaminated with bacteria (06 August 2008)
Bird infected with West Nile virus in Santa Cruz, Arizona (06 August 2008)
2 crows found tested positive for West Nile virus in Ottawa, Ontario (06 August 2008)
Another mosquito found tested positive for West Nile virus in Grand Prairie, Texas (06 August 2008)
West Nile virus found in birds in Sonoma, Lake, Mendocino and Marin, California (06 August 2008)
3 dead from bird flu in Indonesia (06 August 2008)
Chikungunya virus infects 18 in Singapore (06 August 2008)
Bacteria close Black Rock and Dingle Tower beaches in Nova Scotia (06 August 2008)
Boy dies from waterborne parasite while swimming in a lake in Riverside, California (05 August 2008)
Number of cryptosporidium cases in Texas growing (05 August 2008)
Over 2 dozen fish die from bacteria in Branch Brook Park Lake in Essex, New Jersey (05 August 2008)
Monterey Municipal Beach closed due to high levels of bacteria in Monterey, California (05 August 2008)
Sewer leak spills E. coli into lake in Kent, Michigan (05 August 2008)
2 beaches closed due to high levels of bacteria in Ocean, Michigan (05 August 2008)
2 infected by West Nile virus in San Bernardino, California (05 August 2008)
Viral outbreak leads to the death of 170 sheltered animals in New Orleans, Louisiana (05 August 2008)
Disease causing potatoes to turn brown and get stripes (04 August 2008)
Cryptosporidium in swimming pools and lakes causes 1 death and sickens 100 in Dallas, Texas (04 August 2008)
West Nile virus infects horses at Moses Lake in Washington (04 August 2008)
Diarrhea virus hits Harare, Zimbabwe (04 August 2008)
Five people quarantined because of bird flu in India (03 August 2008)
19 year old dies of bird flu in Indonesia (03 August 2008)
Foot and mouth disease outbreaks in Mumbwa, Zimbabwe (03 August 2008)
50 people infected by an unknown disease in Basudevpur, Nepal (03 August 2008)
11 towns have mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus in Connecticut (03 August 2008)
Ebola-like virus kills tourists in Uganda (03 August 2008)
HIV prevalence increased from 6.7% to 7.8% in 2007 in Kenya (03 August 2008)
Coliform bacteria found in drinking water of Las Cruces, New Mexico (02 August 2008)
Lake closed to swimming due to high levels of bacteria in Guelph, Ontario (02 August 2008)
Woman infected with West Nile virus in Iowa (02 August 2008)
Bird tests positive for West Nile virus in South Carolina (02 August 2008)
11 infected by measles in Nebula, Cape Town, South Africa (02 August 2008)
Bacteria exposure sickens employees at a medical building in Bullhead, Arizona (02 August 2008)
Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) closes intensive care unit in a hospital in Sligo, Ireland (02 August 2008)
Wading pool closed because of cryptosporidium in Phoenix, Arizona (02 August 2008)
Sewage spill closes False Creek to boaters in Vancouver, British Columbia (02 August 2008)
Bacteria close 3 beaches in Laconia and Gilford, New Hampshire (02 August 2008)
Coliform bacteria close Siesta Beach in California (02 August 2008)
Unusual number of puppies dying from parvo virus in Greenville, Michigan (02 August 2008)
13 contracted E. coli in camp in Goshen, Virginia (01 August 2008)
49 homes put on boil water advisory because of bacteria in a well in Snohomish, Washington (01 August 2008)
Siesta Key Beach closed because of high bacteria levels in Sarasota, Florida (01 August 2008)
Dead bird found tests positive for West Nile virus in Washburn, Wisconsin (01 August 2008)
Dengue fever hits Monywa, Burma (01 August 2008)
Bacteria levels high in Pages Creek in New Hanover, North Carolina (01 August 2008)
Cryptosporidium closes pool in Moscow, Idaho (01 August 2008)
Goat cheese possibly contaminated with listeria in Canada (01 August 2008)
Various mushroom products may contain listeria in Canada (01 August 2008)
Bird infected by West Nile virus found in Kane, Illinois (01 August 2008)
Dead crow found tested positive for West Nile virus in Whitman, Massachusetts (01 August 2008)
West Nile virus found in mosquito in a pool in Vermont (01 August 2008)